{"id":116744,"date":"2017-02-22T16:23:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T22:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116744"},"modified":"2017-02-22T17:15:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T23:15:42","slug":"earliest-hail-report-on-record-feb-21-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116744","title":{"rendered":"Feb 21 earliest hail report on record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1795\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/severe-weather-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/severe-weather-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/severe-weather-233x175.jpg 233w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/severe-weather.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Earliest severe size hail in North Dakota reported yesterday<\/p>\n<p>February 21, 2017&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Around 635 PM CST yesterday February 21, 2017 one inch diameter<\/p>\n<p>hail fell 6 miles north of Hettinger, Adams County. This<\/p>\n<p>is the earliest report of severe size hail ever in North Dakota<\/p>\n<p>in the calendar year, based on National Weather Service records.<\/p>\n<p>This is the only report of severe hail in the month of February<\/p>\n<p>in North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The previous earliest severe hail report was on March 26, 2003<\/p>\n<p>with 0.88 inch hail reported at McHenry in Foster County. This<\/p>\n<p>day also had the earliest tornado report in North Dakota. A<\/p>\n<p>tornado occurred near Edmunds in Stutsman County. The tornado was<\/p>\n<p>produced by the same thunderstorm as the hail. This earliest hail<\/p>\n<p>record was tied on March 26, 2004 when 0.88 inch hail fell in<\/p>\n<p>Bowman, Bowman County.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Again the hail that fell yesterday was the only severe hail ever<\/p>\n<p>reported in February in North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are all of the March severe hail reports for North Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>03 26 2003\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.88 inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 McHenry, Foster County<\/p>\n<p>03 26 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.88 inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bowman, Bowman County<\/p>\n<p>03 27 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.88 inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Taylor, Stark County<\/p>\n<p>03 27 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.88 inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North of Hettinger, Adams County<\/p>\n<p>03 27 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.88 inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lehr, Logan County<\/p>\n<p>03 27 2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.75 inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pekin, Nelson County<\/p>\n<p>03 28 2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.00 inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Max, McLean County<\/p>\n<p>03 29 2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.00 inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ashley, McIntosh County<\/p>\n<p>03 31 1999\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1.00 inch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Englevale, Ransom County<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Note that the definition of severe hail changed from 0.75 inch<\/p>\n<p>diameter to 1.00 inch diameter in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Earliest severe size hail in North Dakota reported yesterday February 21, 2017&#8230; &nbsp; Around 635 PM CST yesterday February 21, 2017 one inch diameter hail fell 6 miles north of Hettinger, Adams County. 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